Ford Focus

In November, 1946, Kennedy was elected to the House of Representatives. Then after serving three terms, he was elected to the Senate after defeating Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., in November, 1952. Ten months later, on September 12, 1953, JFK married Jacqueline Bouvier. Jacqueline, or “Jackie,” graduated from George Washington University and met Senator John Kennedy at a dinner party in Georgetown while working as a journalist and photographer. Their first child, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, was born on…

American Identity Through the West Two things come to mind when I think of the West; vast open spaces that seem to go on and on and also Clint Eastwood’s movie, “A Fist Full of Dollars” theme music. Whatever vision comes to mind for people, the west has been a part of American identity for decades. Westerns in film have been a huge portion of this identity. First, it began with documentation of Daniel Boone explorations, then on to the dime store novel. Western film would be the biggest…

invasion, President Ford was reported to have visited Indonesia, which has been assumed to have symbolized his permission for Indonesia to invade the East Timor country. This invasion has killed an estimated…

Rick Perlstein Nixonland takes us back to the 1960’s and 1970’s in America, during the time of Richard Nixon. Through times of riots happening in Los Angeles which were the Watts riots to America being divided within. Richard Nixon did not have an easy life with family hardships, and the death of two brothers it was not easy for Nixon. At school Nixon was a very good at debating which he became the Debate Team president, and the only way to his father’s attention which Perlstein wrote “the…

As Marsh Mallow Marshmallow woke up, he thought of how much of a cannibal Mr. Bellamy’s marshmallow was. Marshmallow, as his friends cleverly nicknamed him, got out of bed and went down stairs. He ate Donuts and Bacon, and high fived Cookie Monster because it was Christmas. He and Cookie Monster had been best friends since 1st grade, when Caillou saw Marshmallow, and licked his face. Caillou’s saliva ate up a little bit of Marshmallow’s face. It left a permanent scar. Cookie Monster came…

THE DEMISE OF RICHARD NIXON’S PRESIDENCY 2 The Demise of Richard Nixon’s Presidency In 1974, Republican President, Richard Nixon was forced to resign from office due to his involvement in the Watergate scandal. The scandal was a major upset to the Republican party causing the first resignation from a president and seven of his administrators to be arrested for their participation. The reason for the arrest and resignation was a cause…

Howard Hawks and John ford were both American film directors of the late twentieth century classic Hollywood era. Howard Hawks worked on many film genres from screwball comedy to western. Howard Hawks most notable films each served as an excellent representation of each genre he worked on. Credit for hawks’ success could be due to his freedom as an independent producer, making a number of films in his own manner. Most of Howard Hawks films centered on the themes of friendship, trust, and…

On January 19, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon was born into a Quaker home in Yorba Linda, California (Aronson 8). He attended East Whittier High School and joined the debate team, eventually becoming one of the school’s best debaters. His teacher noted that Nixon “had this ability to kind of slide around an argument instead of meeting it head-on” (Barr 12). His senior year, Nixon ran for president of his class. He lost the election, and in his memoirs, he would refer to this as his first political…

Scandal. There were several burglars invloed. The scandal took place on June 17 1972. In August 1974. During Richard Nixon's reelection campaign they got caught wiretapping the whole thing. Six weeks after Nixon resigned Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as president, he pardoned Nixon for any crimes he had committed while in office. During Richard Nixon's reelection campaign they got caught wiretapping the whole thing. In conclusion Gerald R. says it was the biggest political scandal…

What originally began as a seemingly simple break in and burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. became a scandal that would change the nation’s views on politics and presidential power forever. From 1972 to 1974, this scandal was investigated and reported on by two dedicated individuals. Their reports became the country’s insight into what was really going on in the White House. To this day, the Watergate scandal and the names…